Calling All you Severum Fans.................

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Just my 2 cents..but I have 4 redfire sevs and they seem just as hardy as any other severum I have.

Everyones sevs are looking hot!I need a new camera so I can take new pics of mine.
 
I have not seen the the health issues first hand but am just repeating what I have red about them health wise. I have heard from a few people that they bought one to only have it die for no apparent reason. People say the same thing about EBJD's and I currently have 3 and have had no issues when them either. But the number of other people that say they have lost them tend to make me believe it to be true. I can say for a fact that they tend to be much slower growing then any wild or green type severum that I have.

More health issues generally always come with line breeding. This is true from fancy guppies, to long finned oscars. When you breed for a trait you don't allow genetic diversity and you get a weaker fish. That is why F0 and F1 fish are more sought after. They are wild or closer to wild and generally much tougher fish if you can get them to adapt to aquarium life.
 
Jamieishard;2584015; said:
Just my 2 cents..but I have 4 redfire sevs and they seem just as hardy as any other severum I have.

Everyones sevs are looking hot!I need a new camera so I can take new pics of mine.
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I agree I love everybodys sevs.
 
jgentry;2583999; said:
Hey peathenster, your red spotteds are starting to color up nicely. If you are not feeding frozen krill you should start. It really brings out the red color. Your H. efasciatus is also defiantely as advertised. I have three young ones from Rapps that look just like that with the light red lines. The have really been fast growers and have doubled in size in less then a month.

As for the red spotted being hybrids or line bread. The original breeders said that they were line bred when they came out. If you go to cichlid forum profiles they even have the red spotted listed under the gold severum specifically stated as line bred. They are also not sterile. I have personaly seen a breeding pair with fry in a display tank at a fish store. They cost more much like an EBJD because they are weaker, don't grow as fast as regular severums and took for a long time breeding to get to that coloration. They are also notoriously bad parents that are hard to breed. I guess some could be sterile do to inbreeding, but I know first hand that all are not.
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You just made me a very happy man! I was starting to lose interest in the reds because of the possibility that they are hybrids......will see what happens in a few months.

While we are on the subject - I asked this before - has anybody seen a female red or a picture of one?

Bought a big jug of freeze dried krills last week :)
 
There is a picture of my female red spotted on page 18 of this post. The red spotted tend to all look a like and you cannot go by fins or facial markings. You need to vent them to be sure. That picture is a few months old. The fish is about 1.5 years old and just over 6 inches. I have a freind that got one from the same batch a mine that is male and not nearly as red but is close to 8 inches. He does not feed krill though.
 
Sometimes. If the fish is distended then you can generally just look at them and tell. If not you'll have to net them.

Just noticed your in Georgia. Did you go to the cichlid convention. They had some sick red sevs there. They were so red they almost hurt my eyes to look at them.
 
lets see some more pics
 
Lupin;2584008; said:
I didn't realize the cost of the red sevs has something to do with their hardiness other than supply and demand. I always had the impression they are just as hardy as the gold ones but never bought a single one due to the cost. Good to know that.
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I got mine as 2 inchers and they've been growing at similar rates as others, but I did notice that the one green I have grow the fastest, then the reds, and the golds seem a bit slow. The larger red is about 4.5" now and it's the only one in the tank that doesn't take it from the dominant male rotkeil.

I was told that the first two inches (so to speak!) is the hardest for EBJDs, and they'll do fine after the 3" mark. I wonder if red severums are the same?
 
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